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  1. 43 relations: Abolitionism in the United Kingdom, Allan Cunningham (botanist), Benjamin Haydon, Bishop Auckland, Botanical Society of Scotland, Botany, Brussels, Bryology, Charles Darwin, Church of England, County Durham, Cryptogam, Cunninghams Gap, Dean Cemetery, Derbyshire, Edinburgh, England, Exsiccata, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Herbarium, Isle of May, Leipzig, Moogerah Peaks National Park, Murrayfield, Mycology, National Portrait Gallery, London, Paris, Philadelphia, Queensland, Richard Huie, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Royal Irish Academy, Royal Society of Edinburgh, St James' Church, Edlaston, Temperance movement, The Athenaeum (British magazine), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, William Francis Ainsworth, William Jackson Hooker, World Anti-Slavery Convention.

  2. 19th-century British biologists
  3. British bryologists
  4. People from Bishop Auckland
  5. Scottish abolitionists
  6. Scottish mycologists
  7. Scottish temperance activists

Abolitionism in the United Kingdom

Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United Kingdom, the British Empire and the world, including ending the Atlantic slave trade.

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Allan Cunningham (botanist)

Allan Cunningham (13 July 1791 – 27 June 1839) was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his expeditions into uncolonised areas of eastern Australia to collect plants and report on the suitability of the land for grazing purposes.

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Benjamin Haydon

Benjamin Robert Haydon (26 January 178622 June 1846) was a British painter who specialised in grand historical pictures, although he also painted a few contemporary subjects and portraits.

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Bishop Auckland

Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, England.

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Botanical Society of Scotland

The Botanical Society of Scotland (BSS) is the national learned society for botanists of Scotland.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Bryology

Bryology (from Greek, a moss, a liverwort) is the branch of botany concerned with the scientific study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts).

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Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. Robert Kaye Greville and Charles Darwin are 19th-century British biologists.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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County Durham

County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England.

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Cryptogam

A cryptogam (scientific name Cryptogamae) is a plant (in the wide sense of the word) or a plant-like organism that reproduces by spores, without flowers or seeds.

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Cunninghams Gap

Cunninghams Gap is a pass over the Great Dividing Range between the Darling Downs and the Fassifern Valley in Queensland, Australia.

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Dean Cemetery

The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland. Robert Kaye Greville and Dean Cemetery are Burials at the Dean Cemetery.

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Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Exsiccata

Exsiccata (Latin, gen. -ae, plur. -ae) is a work with "published, uniform, numbered set of preserved specimens distributed with printed labels".

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Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".

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Herbarium

A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.

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Isle of May

The Isle of May is located in the north of the outer Firth of Forth, approximately off the coast of mainland Scotland.

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Leipzig

Leipzig (Upper Saxon: Leibz'sch) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony.

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Moogerah Peaks National Park

Moogerah Peaks is a National Park in the Fassifern Valley of South East Queensland, Australia, located approximately 70 km south west of the state capital Brisbane.

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Murrayfield

Murrayfield is an area to the west of Edinburgh city centre in Scotland.

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Mycology

Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans.

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National Portrait Gallery, London

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Queensland

Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.

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Richard Huie

Dr Richard Huie FRCSEd (16 August 1795 – 10 July 1867) was a 19th-century Scottish surgeon who served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for the period 1840 to 1842.

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) (Gàrradh Luibh-eòlais Rìoghail Dhùn Èideann) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction.

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Royal Irish Academy

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences.

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Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland's national academy of science and letters.

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St James' Church, Edlaston

St James’ Church, Edlaston is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Edlaston, Derbyshire.

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Temperance movement

The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or complete abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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The Athenaeum (British magazine)

The Athenæum was a British literary magazine published in London, England, from 1828 to 1921.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals) is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland.

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William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland

William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, PC (Ire), FRS (3 April 174528 May 1814) was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1793.

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William Francis Ainsworth

William Francis Ainsworth (9 November 1807 – 27 November 1896) was an English surgeon, traveller, geographer, and geologist, known also as a writer and editor.

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William Jackson Hooker

Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden.

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World Anti-Slavery Convention

The World Anti-Slavery Convention met for the first time at Exeter Hall in London, on 12–23 June 1840.

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See also

19th-century British biologists

British bryologists

People from Bishop Auckland

Scottish abolitionists

Scottish mycologists

Scottish temperance activists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kaye_Greville

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